The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors

Study objective: Palliative care has been shown to reduce end-of-life emergency department (ED) use. Our objective was to determine how the association of community-based palliative care with reduced ED visits in the last year of life varied by patient factors. Methods: This was a retrospective coho...

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Main Authors: Spilsbury, Katrina, Rosenwax, Lorna, Arendts, G., Semmens, James
Format: Journal Article
Published: Mosby 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50999